Improvement in fruit-driers



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vJOSEPH MONGENE, OF

VINCENNES, NDrANA.

'Leners Patent No. 102,298, daad April 26, i870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

` To all whom it may concern:

exact description thereof, winch will enable others skilled in the artto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing forming pai-tof this specification.

lfigure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal vsection of my improvedfruit-drier. l

Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the same, taken on the` plane oftheline x x, iig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 'r

This invention relates to a novel apparatus for drying fruit, grain,Ste., and has for its object to properly utilize .the heat of a furnace,so as to obtain rapid and satisfactory action upon the fruit.

The invent-ion consists in the general combination of parts, ashereinafter more fully described.

Ainf'the drawing represents the furnace of my improved fruit-drier. y y

v The same is made of metal or built up of masonry, and has a grate, a,extending throughout the entire or part of its length.

It has the fire-door b in front, and a smoke-pipe, c,

in rear.

The furnace is traversed by a series of vertical airlines, B B, whichconnect the top and bottom plates of said furnace, and are open at bothends.

The dryer proper, C, is placed upon the furnace A;

It is a vessel of suitable size', containing a series ofy shelves, D D,which are to support the fruit to'be dried.

The shelves are so placed as to leave alternate airpassages at theopposite ends of the drier, as is shown in fig.'1. y

The air. which is heated in the fines B passes up into the drier andunder each shelf of the same,

and serves to rapidly dry the articles on the shelves.

or lesser Yrapidity through a flue, E, which is provided with a damper,d.

A perforated plate, F, is interposed between the furnace and the drier,for the purpose of spreading the hot air before it'enters the drier.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combinationof the furnace, vertical air-fines B, perforated plateF, and drier O,all parts being arranged to operate substantially' as herein shown anddescribed.

' JOSEPH MONGENE. #l lVitnesses EDWARD MARKHAM,

ALFRED M.V ALMY.

The hotair can be caused to escape with greaterl

